Manager, Media Strategy and Planning

Responsibilities

• Develop best-in-class media campaigns leveraging any/all of Audacy's assets including but not limited to: streaming audio, podcasts, broadcast radio (spot and network), social, email & display advertising
• Possess the ability to understand our customers and their needs, identify the best solutions to help them solve their business objectives, and build a win-win media plan in support of that goal.
• Collaborate with internal partners and our sales teams on pitch development and strategy
• Provide internal leadership related to strategic thinking and best practices, in the spirit of continual process improvement and in the service of key company initiatives
• Achieve a thorough understanding of our internal systems so as to effectively and efficiently respond to client requests in a timely fashion
• Embrace a team-oriented culture by helping to oversee our growing team of Campaign Managers, whose role is to provide executional, post-sale support across all media channels
• Support the ongoing analysis and reporting of existing business and competitive, marketplace activity

Qualifications

• BS/BA degree
• 2+ years of media experience at a media company, publisher and/or ad agency
• Experience in analyzing and effectively responding to media RFPs from advertising agencies and/or media clients
• Confidence in operating under deadlines, handling last minute requests and multiple tasks at the same time.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills, with good knowledge of media math and media strategy
• Demonstrated experience effectively managing the campaign process from plan creation to campaign optimization, based on analytics
• Strong desire to learn about all Audacy's product offerings
• Experience with DFP, Triton, Strata and Wide Orbit preferred
• Strong computer skills including advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel

About the Role

The Media Strategy and Sales Planning team is seeking an experienced media professional for a key role in a growing department. We are looking for an energetic, passionate and solutions-oriented individual to help us improve our ability to develop, execute and measure the multimedia campaigns we develop for customers. Our team has an exciting start-up feel supported by the confidence and resources of a well-established media company.

The Audacy portfolio consists of broadcast, streaming and on-demand audio, including our industry leading podcast network, as well as assets and capabilities that include social, video, OTT, email, search, display and experiential advertising.